Scleractinia taxon details
Toechastraea Volz, 1896 †
1438178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438178)
accepted
Genus
Astrocoenia oppeli Laube, 1865 † accepted as Toechastraea oppeli (Laube, 1865) † (type by original designation)
Thamnastraea (Toechastraea) Volz, 1896 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Toechastraea kuschlini Melnikova, 1975 †
- Species Toechastraea major Cuif, 1976 †
- Species Toechastraea ogilvae Volz, 1896 †
- Species Toechastraea oppeli (Laube, 1865) †
- Species Toechastraea pachyphylla Cuif, 1976 †
- Species Toechastraea plana Cuif, 1976 †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Thamnastraea (Toechastraea) Volz, 1896 †) Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [details]
Description Microstructure described and illustrated in Cuif 1967:904, text-fig.1; Cuif 1975: text fig. 24.
Status In earlier literature described under the name of Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, or Actinastrea d'Orbigny, 1849.
Description Microstructure described and illustrated in Cuif 1967:904, text-fig.1; Cuif 1975: text fig. 24. [details]
Status In earlier literature described under the name of Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, or Actinastrea d'Orbigny, 1849.
Status In earlier literature described under the name of Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, or Actinastrea d'Orbigny, 1849. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Toechastraea Volz, 1896 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438178 on 2025-05-13
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original description
(of Thamnastraea (Toechastraea) Volz, 1896 †) Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison With granulated septal sides it differs from similar in colony type and corallite diameters Tropiastraea Cuif, 1967:905 having strong menianes. [details]Description Microstructure described and illustrated in Cuif 1967:904, text-fig.1; Cuif 1975: text fig. 24. [details]
Diagnosis Cerioid.Increase intracalicular. Columella styliform. Wall septothecal built of thickened peripheral septal margins. Distal septal margin nearly smooth. Septal sides covered with granules in ranges paralleling distal margin. Inner margin with elongated projections. Dissepiments not abundant. Trabeculae of 70-80µm in radial diameter. [details]
Remark Two species from the Carnian and three species from the Early Norianwerre described. [details]
Status In earlier literature described under the name of Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, or Actinastrea d'Orbigny, 1849. [details]
